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by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Care Management Major in West Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Health Care Management is the 25th most popular major in the country with 30,702 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across West Virginia, there were 306 health care management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 86 health care management graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,814 and $43,099 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Care Management Major in West Virginia” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in health care management. That schools that top this list have a program in health care management in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
The health care management school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Care Management Major in West Virginia”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Care Management Major in West Virginia”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marshall University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Care Management Major in West Virginia. Huntington, West Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s health care management degrees to 25 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Care Management Major in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the #3 spot on the list. American Public University System is a large private for-profit school situated in Charles Town, West Virginia. It awarded 55 masters’s health care management degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Health Care Management at American Military University
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Health Care Management Major in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairmont State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Fairmont, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s health care management degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies